Artist Statement / About Current Projects [continued]:

Particularly in focus for me is the collective desperation and libidinous longing for freedom from the body, materiality and consequence that accompany the 21st century Space Age. Strange Attractor, my current project, re-frames centuries of study about the heavens and related scientific models within the context of nuclear and weapons research, human relationships, and the gentle art of perfuming. The project makes connections between the attraction/repulsion qualities of scents; theories of gravity, chaos and particle physics; and the chemical properties of organic compounds from essential oils, pheromones, insecticides and chemical weapons, many of which overlap.

Specifically, I am working with a scientific glassblower and organic chemist to make a series of patentable, multi-layered bottles that model planetary systems and atomic elements. In addition, I have made several original perfumes, each inspired by celestial and atmospheric phenomena or science fiction, as well as scented drawings and chromatograms.

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